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LemFi Enters Wealth Management With Acquisition of Wealth8
By Tony O. Lawson For years, fintech companies serving immigrant communities have competed on one promise: making it easier to send money across borders.…
How Two Black-owned Construction Firms Chose Acquisition to Accelerate Growth
by Tony O. Lawson A construction firm’s growth ceiling is often determined by bonding capacity: the amount of work a surety company is willing…
How AI Is Reshaping Wealth Management
Wealth management is entering a period where advice is becoming more expensive to deliver just as demand is accelerating. An estimated $84 trillion is…
Why Congo Is Launching Its First Stock Exchange
The Democratic Republic of Congo is moving closer to establishing its first stock exchange after signing a partnership agreement with the International Finance Corporation…
Black-led Venture Capital Firms | Vol. 2
By Tony O. Lawson The first volume of this series focused on firms leading investments, setting terms, and building track records across seed, early-stage,…
Base10 Raises $850M, Reaches $2.6B AUM
By Tony O. Lawson San Francisco-based venture capital firm Base10 Partners has raised $850 million in new capital, bringing assets under management to $2.6 billion.…